Hydropower global capacities share 2023, by leading countries

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 4, 2024

In 2023, China remained the number one country with the highest hydropower capacity with 30 percent of the global share. Brazil followed, with nine percent of the world's hydropower capacity. At that time, the United States held about six percent of the world's hydropower capacities.

Distribution of worldwide hydropower capacity as of 2023, by major country

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September 2024

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Worldwide

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2023

Supplementary notes

Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

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